# Web browser games for old people **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 27, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760 "2014-11-27T14:20:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/1 "2014-11-27T14:20:42Z")
My mother in law wants to play free browser games, and I need to find a reputable website that I can put a short cut to on the desktop and say “have at it”. Searching around, it appears that the vast majority of free game websites are tar pits that fool naive peopleinto clicking on bad stuff and installing god knows what. Then their younger relatives have to spend their holiday vacation time fixing it, usually by reinstalling Windows. Not complicated games, just mindless casual stuff, and plenty of it. The less ads to confuse them, the better. No 'you must download our totally not malware executable in order to play" bullshit. No free 10 minute trials. All of that sort of stuff confuses and enrages them. Imagine I’m asking for game recommendations for the Hulk, only he’s not a nuclear physicist. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/2 "2014-11-27T14:59:46Z")
My mom is hooked on Bejewelled, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/3 "2014-11-27T15:03:22Z")
If she’d be as happy with trivia quizzes as with “action” games, I highly recommend [sporcle.com](http://sporcle.com). Be warned: it’s insanely addictive. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/4 "2014-11-27T15:45:05Z")
I spend a lot of time playing traditional card games, against the computer. Like cribbage, gin rummy, hearts. A lot of computers have Hearts pre-installed, along with Soitaire… A good cribbage game can be found at [http://www.netintellgames.com/cribbage.htm](http://www.netintellgames.com/cribbage.htm) but if you don’t pay for a subscription, you get an infinite number of repatable trials, which are long enough to play one game, and you have keep closing it after each game and restarting a new trial. There are a lot of Chess games you can downooad. Scrabble has been blocked (the miracle of intellectual property laws) but there are a few similar games that are just different enough to evade copyright infringement. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/5 "2014-11-27T20:50:33Z")
Facebook has tons of games. Takes a bit of effort to keep them from spamming the hell out of your friends newsfeeds, but you can make a dummy account just for gaming… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/6 "2014-11-27T21:03:39Z")
Dice Wars: [DICEWARS - flash game](http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html) ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/7 "2014-11-27T22:33:48Z")
> **[Kongregate: Play free games online](http://www.kongregate.com)** > > Play thousands of free web and mobile games! Discover the best shooters, role playing games, MMO, CCG, tower defense, action games and more! Tons of flash games. She can sign up for an account if she likes achievements but it isn’t necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/8 "2014-11-28T11:59:01Z")
They already play the traditional games that come with Windows, but they want more variety. Facebook games are out, they won’t touch FB and there’s no convincing them to try. > [@Boogly](#): > > [http://www.kongregate.com](http://www.kongregate.com) > > Tons of flash games. > She can sign up for an account if she likes achievements but it isn’t necessary. That looks promising, I’ll check it out. Thanks, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-games-for-old-people/705760/9 "2014-11-28T19:36:57Z")
Lots of games on the long-venerated [Pogo.com](http://Pogo.com) too: cribbage, euchre, hearts, spades, bridge, canasta, words games, casino games, puzzles, hidden objects, etc. All free to play or a $40 yearly membership shuts down ads.